Dress-glove.



UNrrnn STATES' NATENT OFFICEo DRESS-GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of lLetters Patent No. 653,163, dated July 3,1900. Application filed November 13, 1899. Serial No.v736,837. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom/ it may concern,.-V

Be it known that I, MARTHA ANDERSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Victor,

' in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Riding-Gloves, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to gloves; and it consists in the novelconstruction hereinafter fully described, and defined in theappendedclaims, in connection with the accompanying drawings, which forni a.lpart of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a `plan view ofthe blank and the three additional Jringer-sections which constitute theglove, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a complete glove constructedin accordance with my invention.

Referring now to the drawings by reference-numerals, 5 indicates one ofthe main sections of the principal blank 5f, cut away at 6 and providedwith a projecting portion 7, the purpose of which will be hereinafterapparent. Projecting from the upper edge of the blank 5 are threeprojecting portions 8, designed to constitute the backs of threefingers, while the portion 9 to constitute the index-linger depends fromthe blank at the j uncture of the section 5 with the section 10 and isslit in one edge, as at 11, so that when the blank is folded to form theglove thev two edges thereof can be brought together to form the finger.l

The section l0, which forms the palm of the glove, is substantiallyrectangular, except for the projecting flap 12, which passes around theback of the hand and engages the buttons 13, arranged along the edge ofthe cut-away portion 6, through the medium of the buttonholes 14.

Centrally of the blank I cutaway or stamp therefrom an Q-shaped portion15 for the inf sertion of the thumb, said O-shaped portion being open atthe top'and communicating with the seam-cut-out portion 16. Iparticularly desire to call attentionl to the fact that this seamappears below the glove-thumb, and by this provision the marketablearticle will t the wrist of the wearer snugly, as the iiap l2 Acan bearranged to make a tight fit by arranging the fasteners on the cuff ofthe glove. This is very desirable, as it obviates the unsightlyappearance of a'tight-tting palm and a loose cuff.

The three sections 1'7 represent the front of the three lingers otherthan the index-finger and are sewed to the bottom of the blank-section10, fitting in the curved portions 18. j It is necessary to cut thesesections 17 independently of the blank proper or a good fit could not bemade.

When the glove is about to be finished, the projecting portion 7 isslipped under the edge of the blank-section 10 and secured thereto,whereby the seam made by joining the edges of the sections 5 and 10 willbe prevented from ripping.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that I have provided a blankwhereby a glove may be practically made from a single piece of materialand which will fit the wrist snugly.

It is of course obvious that the glove may be ornamented in anydesirable manner without departing from the spirit of my invention orchanging the construction thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a glove, a blank therefor comprising two united sections struck orcut from a single piece of material, finger portions extending from oneof said sections, the other section being substantially rectangular andprovided with a flap adapted to engage the firstnamed section and a slitfinger portion extending from the central upper edge of the blank,substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a glove comprising the sections 5and 10, provided with the cut-out portions 15 and 16, the fingerportions 8 and 9, and front finger-sections adapted to be secured to thesection 10'and portions S, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTHA, ANDERSON'.

Witnesses:

J. C. TATMAN, GEORGE Mossen.

